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There's a time for love and a time for living. Take a chance and take the win.

Open road and a road that didn't. Brand new life, no time for being.

There were times I lost a dream or two.

And found the trail.

And at the end was you.

There's a path you take and a path not taken.

The choice is up to you, my friend.

Not so long, but you might await to a brand new life, a brand new life, a

new life both round the bend.

Oh, it's so nice to be home. What a rough day.

I know. I broke a nail.

From now on, we send the typing out.

Oh, gee, I'm glad you guys are here. Why?

It's Mrs.

Rossini. She showed up here a little while ago and... Well, listen to

She's got every dog in the neighborhood howling.

What's the matter? I don't know. All I can get out of her is... Maybe I can

help. I have a degree in psychology. I'll handle this.

She's all yours.

Mrs. Rossini, it's me, Angela.

I'm here to listen.

The way she's carrying on, you'd think her husband left her.

What? No.

Joe left you?

Oh, no.

What'd she say?

She said he ran off with a woman in her building.

They went to Rio.

Rio? Ay, caramba.

Wait a minute. How come you guys understand her and I can't?

Women are sisters. We've all been through the same pain because we follow

hearts while you men follow your... Never mind.

Hey, Mrs. Rossini, Joe was a fool to leave you. I told him that Rose

was trouble.

Rose, too?

Joe ran off with Lucille Finestra.

Rose, Lucille, I always get those two mixed up.

I'm going to shrivel up and die from a broken heart.

The garbage man could come and...

Oh, now, no use sitting around moping.

Remember, there are a lot more important things in life than men.

Angela will tell you what they are.

Listen, Mrs. Rosini, at least you're left in a fish market. Oh, lucky me.

200 pounds of stinking mackerel.

When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade.

You have your own business. Make it your own. Make it sing.

Angela, she's a fish vendor, not Ethel Merman.

Yeah. And what do I know about running a business?

Well, there must be someone who can help you. But who?

Who am I going to get that's hardworking, dependable, reliable,

could help me like you used to?

Me? Mrs. Rossini, now you're singing. Tony, it's a perfect... person to help

for a few days until you get back on your feet. Oh, yeah, I'd love to do it,

Mrs. Rossini. I'd do it in a second, but I already have a job.

Oh, it's no problem. We'll muddle through.

Oh, no, I couldn't ask you to do that. Please take him. Okay.

Hey, wait a minute. I mean, don't I even get a say in this? Of course you do,

Tony. Well, I say yes.

Of course I'll be there for you, Mrs. Rossini.

That's wonderful, Tony.

Could you be there for me at five in the morning? That's when you pick up the

fish.

Oh, thank you, Tony.

Thank you, Angela.

Oh, I'm starting to feel better already.

Oh, hey, that's what I like to hear, huh? No time at all. You forget all

Joe. Oh, God!

All right, Miss Martino.

My best cut of flounder fillet, huh? Three pounds.

This little devil is from the deep blue sea.

Rosie? any fish. If we ain't got it, it don't swim.

Hi, Sam. Everything okay?

Tony, the bus! The bus! I gotta run!

All right. Hold on, Sam.

Heads up, Mrs. Casio.

Whoa! She's out of my way!

She could use her on the jets.

Damn! She didn't even pay for it. All right, ladies, ladies, ladies. Sim it

down. She has a charge account. Hang on one second. Sam, what's new?

Dad, I saw the sweetest pair of jeans that I have to have. Can I have my

allowance for the next two years in one lump sum?

I didn't think so. How about 75 bucks?

75 bucks?

75 bucks?

Zelda gets it for free, and I get gouged. No, no, no, not you, Mrs.

is for my daughter, Sam.

Oh, thank you, Dad. Thank you, thank you. No, no, no, no, Sam, Sam. I'm

to Mrs. Parisi.

What? She's going to buy me my jeans.

Sam, I can't talk to you right now. I'll discuss this when I come home, okay?

Okay, wait, wait. Hold on. Jonathan needs to talk to you. Well, Sam, Sam, I

can't... Hi, Jonathan.

The birdhouse is coming along great, but my scoutmaster said you have to... Help

me with the power drill.

Don't worry about it, pal. We're going to get you that beaver badge.

I hope so. I'm the only kid who's still a muskrat. It hurts, Tony.

Okay, buddy.

Don't worry. Don't worry. I'll handle everything. Hey, I got to go. Bye.

What can I say, ladies? It's tough being a mother.

You think that's tough? You should try buying fish in this store.

Everything's under control. No more interruptions. Hi, Tony.

Oh, hi, Angela.

Hey, lady. Wait for your turn. Excuse me. I happen to be very close to the

owner. Joe's not here anymore.

Lucille beat you to it, you floozy.

No, no, hey, take it easy. This floozy happens to be my boss.

Thank you, Tony.

Excuse me.

Tony, I'm going to make dinner tonight. What time do you think you'll be home?

Oh, Angela, I think you'd better start without me. I mean, after I close up the

shop, I've got to clean the place, I've got to make up tomorrow's order, I've

got to do the book, and then I've got to convince Mrs. Rossini she's still

attracted to men.

Tony!

Yes, Mrs. Rosini, I'll be there in one second. Hey, Ange, do me a favor. Cover

for me here.

Me? What do I do?

I don't know. Whatever they want.

What's up?

So, Tony, how are things?

Can I make you a cup of tea?

Thanks, Mrs. Rosini, but I'm swamped out there.

Maybe you could come out and help with some of the customers.

I'm a woman scorned. I can't show my face.

Well, could you show your hands?

Maybe you could mop the floor or something. Tony, don't make me look at

mop. I bought it for Joe's birthday.

I can still hear him flushing it around.

You bought him a mop for his birthday?

It's a good gift.

I like it.

Is this the one you wanted?

No, I want that one.

Really? Well, this one's so nice. and it's already out.

No, that one.

All right.

Second. That one.

Oh, God.

Here. Oh, God.

I want it wrapped and chopped the head off. Chop off the head? Why don't you

take the whole thing? It's no extra charge.

Angela. What?

I can't believe this incompetent. All right, okay, I'm sorry. It's her first

in the job, but I'll make sure you get anything you want.

Forget it. I have an Andalusian beef roll in the oven.

Well, la -dee -da.

Who do you think you are, Wolfgang Puck?

Nah.

Hey, what about a peon, you know?

Ladies,

let's not get ugly. Not that you could.

I miss having Tony around.

Yeah, he hasn't been here to tell me I'm not spending enough time with the

family. Good thing we found somebody to fill in for him.

Well, I'm finished with the laundry.

Jonathan, that's great.

What a little Tony.

I'm doing good, huh?

The greatest. You may be putting Tony out of a job.

Pizza king.

Hey, Mona, you think Jonathan is ready to take on the oven?

No, no, that's a really tough job.

I can do it. Oh, I don't know.

Please, please.

Oh, well, okay.

And if you do that really well, maybe we'll even let you scrub the kitchen

floor. All right.

Surprise!

Hey, well, I told Mrs. Ruggini I needed some time with my family, huh?

Hey, we'll have dinner.

We'll talk. We'll catch up. But I've got to be on the road in 43 minutes.

Dad, that's not much time.

Yeah, but it's quality time, sweetheart.

And guess what we're having for dinner?

Fish. Uh -uh. We're having an Andalusian beef roll. Some short -order cook sold

me the recipe for a buck.

Were you in a wet T -shirt contest?

Well, what happened?

Oh, nothing much.

I stood in the rain for an hour on the corner of Madison and 53rd.

Oh, have trouble finding a cab?

No, I had trouble finding a van.

A van?

What were you looking for?

Oh, gosh, I forgot to pick you up.

Angela, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. What can I do? Let me empty your shoes.

Don't bother.

I've grown accustomed to the squish.

Listen, Angela, Angela, I don't know what to say except that this will never

ever happen again.

We need to talk.

Come on, Sam, let's go upstairs. You can study and I'll look at your Tom Cruise

poster.

Now, Tony...

that I am the one who encouraged you to help Mrs. Rossini in the first place,

but you have got to admit this is not working out, and the way I see it,

only one solution.

Well, I hope it's a quick one. I only got 38 minutes.

Sorry, Tony, you're going to have to stop working at the fish market.

Oh, Angela, I know what you're saying, but Mrs.

Rossini's my friend.

She's always been there for me.

I mean, like when I used to work late, she used to babysit for Sam. And when

got the whooping cough, she rushed right over with the mustard plaster.

And when I used to stay out too late with the boys, she was the one who

me around.

I loved that woman.

I just called my scout leader. I didn't know the beaver bad.

Oh, baby, what happened?

Well, Tony didn't have time to drill a door in my birdhouse, so I had to paint

one on.

It would have worked out, but when I hung it on the tree, all the little

kept smashing their heads.

good for their little bird brains.

I'm gonna be a muskrat for the rest of my life.

Well, gotta go make the beds.

What?

Need I say more?

Oh, no, it's all slipping away.

Well, Tony, the rest of it's gonna slip away if you don't make a move.

Oh, poor Mrs. Rossini. First Joe runs out on her and now me.

Well, what should I do?

Give me a sign.

That ain't it.

All right, Mrs. Rossini, I've interviewed a lot of guys, and the guy I

there makes me look like a bum.

Tony, nobody can replace you. But if you like him, I'll like him. I don't only

like him, I love him.

If you love him, I'll love him. I don't only love him, I'm nuts about him. If

you're nuts... I get the picture.

Marty, you're going to love him. this woman.

Well, if you love her, I'll love her.

She's gonna love you because what you don't know about fish hasn't been

Oh, thanks, Tony. At the Shirley MacLaine seminar, she said I was a

my previous life.

I can see the resemblance.

All right, come on. Let's go meet your soon -to -be boss.

Wait a minute.

Marty, there's something wrong.

I took a shower.

That's it.

Mrs. Rosini, allow me to introduce to you Mr. Marty Fishcake's Donato.

Pleased to meet you.

Tony tells me you really know your fish. Yeah, he's a real fish -ionato.

That's me. I worked on a tuna trawler, a shrimp boat, and I sold goldfish at

Woolworth's.

That's wonderful.

How old are you?

35 years come Easter.

Hey, he's my age.

Awfully close to retirement.

Are you married?

No, single.

Single's good. You can devote more time to the store.

Single could be trouble. Maybe he's the wandering kind.

How long were you at your other job?

20 years come Ash Wednesday.

20 years? What, no ambition?

Mrs. Eugene, what are you talking about? That means he's dependable and

reliable. He's perfect for you. He even looks like a fish.

Shirley MacLaine said so.

Tony, I'm conducting the interview, please.

Donato.

Donato.

Are you one of the Pitkin Avenue Donatos?

Yeah, my old man is Vinnie.

I'm sorry, but you're just not right for this job.

What do I need, gills?

Goodbye, Mr. Donato.

I knew I shouldn't have done the fish impression.

Mrs. Rossini, what are you doing? The guy was perfect.

Perfect? Tony, he happens to be the cousin of the uncle of the lady who's in

with Joe.

Oh, no, and you didn't make a citizen's arrest?

Look, I kept my part of the bargain. I talked to him, and he's not the person

for me. You are.

Oh, Mrs. Rossini, we've already been through this. I can't stay. I already

a job with Angela. Oh, sure, go. Quit. Leave me.

Kick a person when she's down.

Oh, come on, Mrs. Rosini. I've been a good friend to you, huh? What do you

me to do? I'm going to smell like herring for the rest of my life.

It's all right.

I'll just board up the shop and go on welfare.

Come on, Mrs. Rosini. Now you're exaggerating.

So now I exaggerate?

And you call yourself a friend? Who needs you?

There's a door.

Okay, Mrs. Rosini.

Have it your way.

But I will not feel guilty.

How could I do that to poor Mrs. Rossini?

What a crumb I am. What a louse.

You know, I must have had a sensitivity bypass.

I had one years ago. Believe me, you can lead a happy life without it.

Come on, lighten up.

Let's have a cup of coffee. Oh, coffee. I forgot to buy some.

Maybe you are a louse.

Good morning.

What a wonderful day, filled with possibility.

Angela, would you knock it off? This man is trying to be miserable.

Well, have a rotten day.

Thanks, Mona.

Well, we have any coffee? Oh, coffee.

That must be Mrs. Rossini.

Mrs. Rossini?

I mean, it could be Mrs. Rossini.

I mean, maybe she was feeling badly, too, and maybe she wanted to come over

and talk about how badly she was feeling, or it could be a Jehovah's

You called her, didn't you? Yes. Are you mad?

Yes. Why didn't you do it two days ago?

Hi. Come on in.

Hello, Tony.

Hello, Mrs. Rossini. How you doing?

Oh, I can't complain.

Well, I can always complain, but that's not why I'm here.

I just wanted to say that I... Do you have any coffee?

Oh, come on.

Look, I'm out of it. I mean, it's been kind of a tough week. I know it has,

Tony, and that's why I just wanted to tell you that I... I apologize?

Yeah, what she said.

Oh, no.

Mrs. Rosini, that takes a big person to say that.

Big?

Okay, so I put on a little. I've been eating to cover the depression.

Well, you wear it well, Mrs. Rossini.

Look, your French, it means a lot to me, Mrs. R. And I didn't mean to let you

down.

You didn't let me down. I was too demanding.

You weren't too demanding. You were just asking for help.

Isn't this wonderful?

I think we're all sharing a moment.

Why don't you two just give each other a hug?

Go on.

Go on.

Oh, Mrs.

Rossini. Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony.

Mrs. Rossini, Mrs. Rossini, Mrs. Rossini.

Monty. Hi, Tony.

Excuse me, Mrs. R. I just wanted to tell you I moved the truck under a shade

tree. Some of the frozen fish was in the sun and I didn't want to have a

mackerel meltdown.

So you hired Marty after all? Well, not exactly.

Tony, Angela, I would like you to meet my new business partner.

A man who was born to debone.

Oh, Mrs. R, you're making me blush.

Oh, Mrs.

Rossini. Oh, let me be the first to congratulate you. Wait a minute. Wait a

minute. What happened? A couple days ago, you wouldn't even give Marty the

time of day.

I started thinking about some wise words from a very good friend.

And it didn't hurt that he had 20 grand in cold cash lying around.

Well, hey, Marty, congratulations.

Thanks, Tony. And thanks for introducing me to Mrs. Rossini.

She's a very special woman.

Oh, fish cakes, the things you say.

You can sit in the front on the way back.

Joe isn't the only one who can La Bamba, huh?

Bye, Mrs. Rossini.

Bye.

Oh, isn't that sweet?

You know, you did a wonderful thing.

You found Mrs. Rossini a partner in business and hopefully in life.

Oh, come on, Angel. Now you're making me blush.

This does call for a celebration, huh? Come on.

I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

And you can ride in the front.

I can't believe it. A whole weekend, another thing to do.

Your only job is to sit back and relax.

You'd just be a couch potato.

So get me the remote control and call me Spud.

and catch my old fish. Come on, Tony, let's go.

Now, you know what, Jonathan? I got a better idea.

Why don't we pitch a tent in the backyard and I got all the fish you need

here in the freezer.

But my scale leader said I should catch it myself.

Well, that's no problem here. Catch!